some scholars claim that infinite monkeys lack the education, aristocratic sensibility, or familiarity with the royal court to produce Shakespeare's plays

They could be addressing someone of a senior rank, such as a bishop, or group of bishops

Absolutely. Could be formal, could be plural, could be both! All's fair as long as it's properly conjugated

Could be formal but don't forget vous also applies when addressing two or more people at once

Like this a lot, although I failed to get it

Opened my earbuds case. Shit, no earbuds! Help, did I leave them somewhere last night? They are in my ears

Loved that

Still one of the baddest recordings (Minnie the Moocher) and one of the coldest intros (Cab Calloway dancing to St. James Infirmary). Said to be the first known footage of Cab Calloway . . . *imagine* what it must have been like to see Cab layin' this down on screen for the first time in 1932?!! ☠️

Ha! I can now hear Noël Coward saying "inscrutable" in my head and am enjoying that v much

Dumped a guy due to his inscrutable gifs

It's Sunday afternoon, perfect time to have a bath and/or watch this short film which features a bath

I had this one! I was a teenager and I think I wrote three cheques in total. Each one felt like such a grown up pleasure

One of these is the kooky option, that could get you laughed out of the country club. Another is so frumpy your husband will cheat on you. All the others are fine

Ha ha ha! I TRIED but the guy kept giving me something else

Less than 90 years ago and bottom left was how you'd spend all day washing your clothes. I'm weirdly annoyed that the handle/stick for the posser isn't included with the dolly tub set. What are we supposed to do, Littlewoods? Go to the handle shop?

The two sacred topics in one compact sentence

Scarily accurate direct quote from my Northern Irish aunts and uncles as soon as they open the door to let me in

You need more potatoes this weather

The instigating factor of my decades long crush on Alec Guinness